On Friday, 15 January 2021 15:08:15 GMT n952162 wrote:
> On 1/15/21 10:24 AM, Michael wrote:
> > On Friday, 15 January 2021 08:47:18 GMT n952162 wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> can anyone explain this?
> >>
> >> I noticed today (15. January) that the /var/log/{messages,kern.log,etc.}
> >> files on a box were last touched on 22. November.
> >>
> >> sysklogd was in the rc-open /started/ state and was running.
> >>
> >> The configuration file, /etc/syslog.conf matches completely that file on
> >> another machine of mine, where the logs are properly updated.
> >>
> >> /etc/syslog.d/ was empty on both machines.
> >>
> >> I sent the process a HUP signal, as follows
> >>
> >> sudo kill -HUP $(cat /var/run/syslogd.pid )
> >>
> >> and all the log files were immediately updated and reporting.
> >>
> >> I rebooted my machine, and the log files are untouched, it is again
> >> hibernating.
> >
> > Do you get something like this on your system?
> >
> > $ rc-update -s -v | grep syslog
> >
> > syslog-ng | default
> >
> > and,
> >
> > $ rc-service -v syslog-ng status
> >
> > * Executing: /lib/rc/sh/openrc-run.sh /lib/rc/sh/openrc-run.sh
> > /etc/init.d/
> >
> > syslog-ng status
> >
> > * status: started
>
> $ rc-service -v syslog-ng status
> * rc-service: service `syslog-ng' does not exist
>
> $ rc-service -v syslog status
> * rc-service: service `syslog' does not exist
>
> $ rc-service -v syslogd status
> * rc-service: service `syslogd' does not exist
>
> $ rc-service -v sysklogd status
> * Executing: /lib/rc/sh/openrc-run.sh /lib/rc/sh/openrc-run.sh
> /etc/init.d/sysklogd status
> * status: started
>
> $ rc-update -s -v | grep syslog
>
> $ rc-update -s -v | grep sysklog
> sysklogd | default sysinit
>
>
> I ran that as a script on a machine where the logs are properly updated:
>
> 01~>bash -x /tmp/test
> + rc-service -v syslog-ng status
> * rc-service: service `syslog-ng' does not exist
> + rc-service -v syslog status
> * rc-service: service `syslog' does not exist
> + rc-service -v syslogd status
> * rc-service: service `syslogd' does not exist
> + rc-service -v sysklogd status
> * Executing: /lib/rc/sh/openrc-run.sh /lib/rc/sh/openrc-run.sh
> /etc/init.d/sysklogd status
> * status: started
> + rc-update -s -v
> + grep syslog
> + rc-update -s -v
> + grep sysklog
> sysklogd | default
Substitute your syslog program's name for syslog-ng. Michael did say
"something like."
--
Regards,
Peter.
